Washing-machine.



G. S. WINANT. I WA$HING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 18, 1909.

Patented Apr. 5, 1910.

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GILBERT S. WINANT, OF ROCHESTER, NEW

TUBING 00., OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,

YORK, ASSIGNOR TO SAVER MANUFAC- .A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 5, 1910.

Application filed May 18, 1909. Serial No. 496,690.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GILBERT S. WVINANT, citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ashing- Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to washing machines employing a ribbed or corrugated roller in combination with a pivotally hung board, and embodies the use of a second roller which is mounted upon the axis of the board which cooperates therewith and with the first mentioned roller in a manner to be hereinafter described, the clothes being washed by the joint action of the two rollers and the board.

The machine is of that type which may be applied to an ordinary circular wash tub, being attachable thereto or removable therefrom as occasion may demand.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a plan view of themachine applied to a tub. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan of a modified form of roller having longitudinal corrugations or ribs instead of spiral projections.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 6 indicates the tub which may be made of wood ormetal, in the usual form. The machine is supported by a pair of hangers attachable to opposite sides of the tub. One l hanger is indicated at 7 and the other at 8. Each hanger comprises a metallic frame shaped to fit the inner side of'thewall of the tub and provided at the top with a hooked part 9 which rests upon the rim of the tub and is clamped thereto by means of binding screws 10 which hold the hangers in desired position on the tub,-the hangers de pending within the tub so that the operative parts of the machine will be located partly in the water which will be placed in the tub. The hangers support a roller 11 mounted upon a shaft 12 which is carried in bearings 13 in the respective hangers. The surface of this roller is roughened in any suitable manner. Figs. 1 and 2 show spiral depressions or grooves forming diamond-shaped projections. Fig. 3 shows a roller 11 with longitudinal ribs, the latter having the advantage that it may serve to better lift the water as the roller is rotated.

The hinged board is indicated at 14. This is preferably made of metal stamped or shaped to the desired form, and it is mount ed to rock on a shaft 15 which is carried in bearings 16 at about the same level as the shaft 12. The inner or lower end of the board is dropped and projects forward'under the roller 11, extending to about the middle vertical line thereof. The board is provided with an opening 17 at the shoulder, opposite to the roller 11. Mounted upon the shaft 15, witha portion of its face projecting through the opening 17, is a roller 18 the form and construction of which may be substantially identical with the roller 11. This roller 18 is fast on the shaft 15 and turns therewith. The rollers are turned by means of a crank 19 on the outer end of a shaft 20 which turns in a bearing sleeve 21 at the top of the hanger 7 so that the shaft extends across the above rim of the tub. On its inner end the shaft has a spur wheel 22 which meshes with a pinion 23 mounted upon a stud 24 011 the frame 7 and this pinion meshes with a gear 25 on the shaft 15. The same gear 25 drives a pinion 26 mounted upon a stud 27 on the lower bar of the frame 7, and the pinion 26 meshes with a spur gear 28 on the shaft 12, which drives the roller 11. The direction of rotation of the rollers 11 and 18 is thus the same, whereby their adjacent faces move in opposite directions.

In the operation of the machine, the rollers will be turned in either direction according to the condition or nature of the goods being washed. For very dirty or heavy articles on which considerable friction is desired the rollers will be rotated in a direction opposite to that of the hands of a clock, whereby the under surface of the roll 11 will cooperate with the lower end of the board, moving downwardly or outwardly with respect to said end. The clothes will be placed upon the lower part of the board between the two rollers, and the movement of the roller 11 will feed the same downwardly between said roller and the lower end of the board, giving a rubbing action or friction thereon which may be varied according to the amount of pressure applied by the hands of the operator to the upper end of the board, thereby pressing the lower end of the board with 1 opening therein,

greater or less force toward the roller 11. At the same time the roller 18, turning in contra-clockwise direction, will exerta drag on the clothes which will prevent them feed ing under the roller 11 too fast and at the same time giving a rubbing action on the under side of the garments. This dispenses to a considerable extent with the necessity for the operator holding the clothes on the board in order to produce the drag desired. In washing light cloth or articles the rolls are revolved in the direction indicated by the arrows, the clothes being placed as before in the space between the two rolls. The rolls will then give a lightfriction on the clothes, which will be turned or agitated in the space between the two rolls, the necessary change or flow of water being supplied by the water which adheres to or is lifted by the projections or corrugations on the surface of the rolls. By the conjoint action of the two rolls on opposite sides of the mass of clothes between the same they are effectively washed in a comparatively short time.

The rollers are indi -ated as made of sheet metal stamped or pressed to desired form, but may be made of glass, or a combination of wood and metal, or of any other material desired. Various other modifications maybe made in the mechanical construction, within the scope of the invention.

As above stated, the machine is removable from the tub. This is done by loosening the set screws 10 and lifting the hangers from the tub, after which the hangers can be pulled off of the shafts enabling the machine to be collapsed and packed in comparatively small space.

I claim:

1. In a washing machine, the combination of a pair of rollers spaced apart, a rocking board extending across under the space between the rollers, with its lower end projecting under one of the rollers in position to press the articles to be washed against the same, and means to rotate the rollers.

2. In a washing machine, the combination of an inclined rocking board having an a roller, part of the face of which is presented through said opening, another roller located above the lower end of the board and opposite to said opening, and means to rotate the rollers.

3. In a washing machine, the combination of an inclined rocking board the lower part of which is dropped or ofiset downwardly to form a shoulder and having an opening across said shoulder, a roller mounted behind said shoulder with part of its face presented through said opening, another roller located over the lower end of the board and opposite to said opening, and means to rotate the rollers.

4. In a washing machine, the combination of two parallel rollers spaced apart, an inclined board mounted to rock on the shaft of one of the rollers and having an opening across the same through which part of the face of said roller projects, the other roller being located above the lower end of the board, and means to rotate the rollers.

5. In a washing machine, the combination of opposite hangers adapted to fit within the side walls of a tub and having means at the top to fix the same to the rim of the tub, rollers between the hangers, having shafts mounted in bearings in the lower part of the hangers, a board pivotally mounted on one of said shafts and arranged adjacent the rollers to coope ate therewith, a power shaft mounted in a bearing at the top of one of the hangers and adapted to extend across the rim of the tub, and gearing between the power shaft and the shafts of the rollers.

6. In a washing machine, of a pair of parallel rollers spaced apart, a vertically movable board extending under space between the rollers and adapted to support the articles to be washed between the rollers, and means to rotate the rollers in the same direction.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GILBERT S. WINANT. lVitnesses ARTHUR B. Nonnrs, NnLsoN P. SANFORD.

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